A few steps from Bordeaux’s Grosse Cloche, Astragale focuses on coffee, brunch and a nutrition-minded menu with organic produce and plant-based options. Taking your time here quickly becomes an activity in itself.

A former fire station on the right bank turned tiers-lieu. The old engine garage is now a food court with a stage: pinball, baby-foot, sharing plates, craft beer, DJ sets from Bordeaux collectives.

A warehouse in Bacalan where you can fix your bike, have lunch, and have a drink at a concert. The kind of place that genuinely exists, built by and for the people of the neighbourhood.

A huge hybrid hub in a former barracks on the right bank. Café, restaurant, street art, bookstore, shops, cellars: at Darwin, you move from one universe to the next without ever getting bored.

A coffee shop with its own roastery, shelves of books available to browse, and a list of 130 teas. Rue Saint-James, in the heart of Bordeaux. The kind of place that naturally filters people who know what they're ordering.